#AE912A#AE912A

#AE912A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.122 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE912A
RGB	rgb(174, 145, 42)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, 0.16, 55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 55.28, 89.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% -0.0053 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.122 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0004, 29.4183, 6.3935)
Luminance	0.2942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE912A #2A47AE

analogous

#AE4F2A #AE912A #89AE2A

triadic

#AE912A #2AAE91 #912AAE

tetradic

#AE912A #2AAE4F #2A47AE #AE2A89

square

#AE912A #2AAE4F #2A47AE #AE2A89

split-complementary

#AE912A #2A89AE #4F2AAE

monochromatic

#4B3F12 #7D681E #AE912A #D2B243 #DEC775

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#AE912A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#AE912A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE912A

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE912A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE912A	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae912a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 145, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.122 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab06b',
    500: '#ae912a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae912a;
$custom-light: #cab06b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae912a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.818,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66521,
    "c": 0.12159,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE912A

secondary

#6F82C5

accent

#67E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE912A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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